I.

Read each sentence carefully then select the meaning of the underlined word. Write only
the letter of your answer.
1. Nobody in the group was listening because the man was talking unimportant things.
A. very important
B. not important
C. less important
D. likely important
2. Fishing with the use of dynamites and cyanide is illegal.
A. accepted
B. prohibited
C. tolerated
D. approved
3. Marianne failed her first attempt so she needs a retest.
A. test again
B. wrong test
C. not a test
D. before the test
4. The children misbehaved by being too noisy during the program.
A. behaved properly
B. behaved good
C. behaved lesser
D. behaved badly
5. The president disapproved the request of the employees for salary increase.
A. rejected
B. accepted
C. thought over
D. recognized
6. The nonresidents of Metro Gabu were not allowed to vote during the last barangay
elections.
A. old residents
B. new residents
C. not residents
D. wrong residents
7. The soon-to-be couples will have their prenuptial pictorial at Paoay Church next week.
A. after the nuptial B. next nuptial
C. during the
D. before the
nuptial
nuptial
8. She is not too lucky for she had an imperfect life.
A. too perfect
B. not perfect
C. near perfect
D. over perfect
9. Our barangay does need irresponsible citizens.
A. very responsible B. less responsible C. not responsible
D. sometimes
responsible
10.That house is an example of a postwar architecture.
A. during the war
B. before the war
C. after the war
D. in between wars
11.
II. Match the idioms in column A to their meanings in Column B. Write only the letter of your
answer.
A
B
1. Its raining cats and dogs
A. Talking with the wrong person
2. Paint the town red
B. Understand to what the words mean
3. Crocodile tears
C. Raining very hard
4. Read between the lines
D. Insincere grief
5. Barking up the wrong tree
E. Celebrate
6.
F.
III. Identify whether the following sentences is a simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole,
or synecdoche.
1. The faces of the children were as bright as the sun.
2. The mango tree sways its branches as it plays with the wind.
3. Problems are the spices of life.
4. There were still at least twenty heads left inside the building that collapsed.
5. People in the other side of the mountains hear her voice whenever she talks.
6. Books are the bank of wisdom.
7. Aling Coring looks like a tiger whenever she is angry.
8. The beautiful full moon was peeping in my window last night.
9. My uncle who just arrived from USA bought a expensive new wheels.
10.Junjun slept a hundred years.
dis = not or opposite; EXAMPLES: dishonor, disrespect, disgust
re = again or back; EXAMPLES: redo, reread, redistribute
un = not or opposite; EXAMPLES: unable, unimportant, unlock
pre = before; EXAMPLES: prefix, pretest, pregame
post = after; EXAMPLES: postwar, postgame, post-test
in = not; EXAMPLES: incorrect, indefensible, incapable
im = not; EXAMPLES: immature, impossible, imbalanced
il = not; EXAMPLES: illegal, illegible, illiterate
ir = not; EXAMPLES: irregular, irresistible, irrational

mis = wrong; EXAMPLES: mistake, misunderstand, misbehave

non = not; EXAMPLES: nonexistent, nonprofessional, nonresistant
anti = against; EXAMPLES: antislavery, anticrime, anti-bullying
sub = under; EXAMPLES: submarine, substitute, subcommittee
ex or e = out from; EXAMPLES: excitement, exhale, export
co or com = together, with; EXAMPLES: cooperate, committee, coworker
fore = before; EXAMPLES: foreshadow, forefather, forecast
inter = between; EXAMPLES: international, interstate, interception
de = down or away from; EXAMPLES: detach, declaw, deconstruct
mid = in the middle; EXAMPLES: midway, midnight, midday
contra = against; EXAMPLES: contrast, contradict, contrary
pro = forward; EXAMPLES: proceed, prohibit, provide
semi = half; EXAMPLES: semisweet, semicircle, semicolon
ab = away from; EXAMPLES: absent, abnormal, absorb
ad = toward; EXAMPLES: addiction, advertise